Supreme Court Sets December Hearing On Medical Marijuana
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida's Supreme Court has set a December 8th hearing date to consider a measure that would legalize medical marijuana.
The court on Wednesday ordered oral arguments on the proposed amendment. The high court must decide whether or not the amendment is misleading and whether it complies with single-subject requirements.
Supporters of the measure tried to pass a similar amendment during the 2014 election. That ballot measure failed because it did not meet the 60-percent threshold needed to pass.
Backers of medical marijuana will need to collect more than 683,000 signatures by next February in order to go before voters in 2016. State records show that People United for Medical Marijuana has already turned in more than 286,000 valid signatures.
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